Blog tagged as Legislature

Before the Michigan Senate approved SB 79, legislation establishing penalties for when a minor obtains an improperly stored firearm, the Senate kept in statute a provision that bans local governments from suing gun manufacturers

More than 5,400 minors – 11 who were 15 and one aged 14 – were married in Michigan between 2000 and 2021, but a group of Democratic lawmakers hopes to stop that practice.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 03/13/2023) A Rep. Matt Koleszar (D-Plymouth) bill eliminating the A through F grading system for school quality was centerstage Tuesday at the House Education Committee.

It's been widely reported that at 5:20 a.m. after the polls were closed on Election Day, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer learned that, "We flipped the house."

Recall threats are being leveled by a little-known gun rights group against Democratic legislators who support stricter gun regulations, but a review of recall attempts against state legislators over the last 16 years shows a trail of big talk that's light on follow through.